'''Newfoundland''' is an island off the [[Canada|Canadian]] mainland. '''Newfoundland and Labrador''' is the corresponding province of Canada and is the oldest English dependency in the [[New World]]. The [[Vikings]] temporarily established a settlement in 1013AD at [[l'Anse-aux-Meadows]]. Merchants from [[England]] fished the [[Grand Banks]] as early as 1481. It became a self governing dominion in 1855, gave up its independence in the 1930s, and joined Canada in 1949. Despite repeated efforts to doversify the economy, fighing remained the dominant industry until its collapse in the 1980s. | '''Newfoundland''' is an island off the [[Canada|Canadian]] mainland. '''Newfoundland and Labrador''' is the corresponding province of Canada and is the oldest English dependency in the [[New World]]. The [[Vikings]] temporarily established a settlement in 1013AD at [[l'Anse-aux-Meadows]]. Merchants from [[England]] fished the [[Grand Banks]] as early as 1481. It became a self governing dominion in 1855, gave up its independence in the 1930s, and joined Canada in 1949. Despite repeated efforts to doversify the economy, fighing remained the dominant industry until its collapse in the 1980s. |